Country Management Team

Workers build a temporary triage and isolation area as MSF steps up preparedness measures for COVID-19 at Nduta refugee camp in northwest Tanzania.

"The spread could be impossible to stop": Preparing for COVID-19 in a refugee camp

How do you prepare a camp with over 73,000 Burundian refugees and limited access to healthcare for COVID-19? From Tanzania, Pete reveals how an outbreak could impact Nduta refugee camp, in the country's northwest, as the new coronavirus disease spreads throughout Africa.

15 Apr 2020 / 4 minute read

Benoit De Gryse

Country Management Team

Hospitality

Having lunch in the house of a Malik of Poli Company, about 15 kilometres away from the project of Ahmed Shah Baba, District 12, east of Kabul City. Today was the first time MSF had its mobile preventive clinic in this village, and since the project coordinator could not come, I had decided to visit the clinic to familiarise myself with this new environment.

15 Apr 2013 / 4 minute read

Benoit De Gryse

Country Management Team

Prelude

Going back into Afgahnistan MSF has been trying to understand the context, learning again how to work there and restarting medical activities. Most of our energy has been put into opening the four hospitals MSF now has in the country. As a backdrop to this, and while war is raging on, the local healthcare system is struggling to respond to day to day needs, leaving the population vulnerable.

11 Mar 2013 / 2 minute read

Paul Foreman

Country Management Team

Zak

"Working in MSF, I have the privilege to work with some extraordinary individuals. Since arriving in Zimbabwe, I have been fortunate enough to be working alongside one such medical professional, Zakariah Mwatia, the outgoing project coordinator in Epworth."

12 Dec 2011 / 6 minute read

Paul Foreman

Country Management Team

World AIDS Day I

World Aids Day – December 1st, 2011 – a day on which the slogan, “Getting to Zero” is meant to have some resonance. Zero New HIV Infections. Zero Discrimination and Zero AIDS Related Deaths.

29 Nov 2011 / 6 minute read

Paul Foreman

Country Management Team

World AIDS Day II

Supreme respect to our MSF colleagues in Barcelona who, despite going through a tough time, still managed to roll out this initiative, www.positivegenera

29 Nov 2011 / 1 minute read

Zimbabwe

HIV/AIDS

Paul Foreman

Country Management Team

Shorts

I’ve been on holiday, so blogging wasn’t high on the list of priorities. That’s the excuse; here are one or two thoughts that didn’t involve much effort, but are still relevant.

14 Nov 2011 / 2 minute read

Zimbabwe

HIV/AIDS

Paul Foreman

Country Management Team

Loss

Zimbabwe is a tough country. Even so, life goes on. But sometimes it’s not so easy to keep a positive outlook.

26 Oct 2011 / 3 minute read

Zimbabwe

HIV/AIDS

Paul Foreman

Country Management Team

Today

A day on the front line in Harare: the challenges of starting up clinical services and services supporting children in need of help after beign targest of sexual violence.

18 Oct 2011 / 9 minute read

Paul Foreman

Country Management Team

Overspill

My name is Paul Foreman and I want to blog about the people of Zimbabwe. I’m head of mission, so I spend much of my time close to government officials and sitting in meetings, but nevertheless the

10 Oct 2011 / 7 minute read

Country Management Team

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